Wezmeh
Sign in to savethumb|270px|The Islamabad-e Gharb Plain near Wezmeh Cave Wezmeh Cave is an archaeological site near Islamabad Gharb, western Iran, around southwest of the capital Tehran. The site was discovered in 1999 and excavated in 2001 by a team of Iranian archaeologists under the leadership of Kamyar Abdi. Wezmeh cave was re-excavated by a team under direction of Fereidoun Biglari in 2019.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- cave
- Country
- Iran
- Located in
- Eslamabad-e Gharb County
- Location
- Eslamabad-e Gharb
- Image
- Wezmeh Cave, Kermanshah, Iran.jpg
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- heritage designation
- Iranian National Heritage
- Commons category
- Wezmeh Cave
- directions
- شهرستان اسلامآباد غرب، بخش مرکزی، دهستان حومه جنوبی، ۳ کیلومتری شمال شرقی روستای شیرکش، داخل تنگه وزمه
- mountain range
- Zagros Mountains
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Late Pleistocene animals
- Human remains
- External links
- References
thumb|270px|The Islamabad-e Gharb Plain near Wezmeh Cave Wezmeh Cave is an archaeological site near Islamabad Gharb, western Iran, around southwest of the capital Tehran. The site was discovered in 1999 and excavated in 2001 by a team of Iranian archaeologists under the leadership of Kamyar Abdi. Wezmeh cave was re-excavated by a team under direction of Fereidoun Biglari in 2019.
==Late Pleistocene animals==
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